Nibitashi

Name: Nibitashi (Dashi-Cooked Vegetables)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 300 ml (10½ fl oz) dashi; 2 sheets abura-age (fried sliced tofu); 2 sheets abura-age (fried sliced tofu); 1 bunch (about 250 g/9 oz) mizuna*; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon mirin

Dashi-Cooked Vegetables

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Tokyo Cult Recipes

By Maori Murota

Published 2015

About

Ingredients

1 bunch (about 250 g/9 oz) mizuna*

Asia
Japan
Main course
Side dish
Tokyo
Vegetarian

Method

Wash the mizuna well and cut into 5 cm (2 in) sections. Place the abura-age in a colander. Pour over some boiling water to remove any excess oil. Turn over and repeat on the other side. Drain and cut into 1 cm (½ in) strips. In a medium saucepan, bring the dashi, mirin, soy sauce and salt to the boil. Add the mizuna and abura-age and stir for 1 minute. Divide the mizuna and abura-age between sm